#186 - New Leaves on Silver Birch

I just can't get over these leaf buds that are growing like red roses on the naked boughs.

#165 - Silver Birch

#105 - Birch Catkin Bracts

I was admiring the catkins on a silver birch and thinking how they looked like little strings of beads. I tried to pick one and it fell apart in my hand, and, lo and behold, lots of tiny seeds and fleur de lis shaped bracts, just like beads on a necklace.